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<< INCONVENIENT QUESTIONS EVADED ~ MAIN ~ DO THE OFFSET >>

DESK TOY

A V8 still sounds like a V8 even when it’s the size of a small dog. More here.

1. My goodness! That sounds just like my husband while he’s sleeping.

   Posted by mareeS on 2007 03 05 at 10:25 AM • permalink



2. Evidently, the backflow repair and testing industry allows for A LOT of free time. And is fairly lucrative as well…
   Tiny engines aren’t really my thing, but if you can hook one of these babies up to a jet ski or a go-kart I’d be more interested.

   Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 03 05 at 11:06 AM • permalink



3. Yes.

   Now if Iowahawk will only come up with an 1/8 size Coupe of Justice.

   Posted by joe bagadonuts on 2007 03 05 at 12:20 PM • permalink



4. There was a motorcycle a few years back - I can only remember that it was Italian and had a shaft drive - with a teeny tiny V8.  Full throttle it sounded like a screaming banshee.  Alas, it was not practical for production.

   Posted by Hucbald on 2007 03 05 at 03:42 PM • permalink



5. Hook that baby up to the dryer. Or the lawn mower. Hell, I’d even put it on the dog to get his lazy butt off the couch.

   Posted by Gary from Jersey on 2007 03 05 at 03:55 PM • permalink



6. Here’s the home of small cool stuff:

   http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com

   Posted by rickw on 2007 03 05 at 06:05 PM • permalink



7. He’s a yappy lil’ fella, ain’t he?

   Posted by anthony_r on 2007 03 05 at 06:13 PM • permalink



8. I have tremendous respect for craftspeople who do miniature work.  As a crafter myself, I can appreciate the intricate and time-consuming effort that goes into that kind of work.

   Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 03 05 at 08:17 PM • permalink



9. Honda’s RC166 from the late ‘60s had a 250cc 24 valve in line six, redlined at 17,000 RPM.

   The thing on full wick sounds like a biscuit tin full of angry bees full of amphetemines, held over an open flame and miked through Pete Townsends wall of Marshall amps.

   (I heard one doing a lap of the Isle of Man TT circuit in ‘85, and it was deafening, and fast- 140mph down Creg N’Bar, with a frame made out of udon noodles held together with dreid wasabe’). Mike Hailwood used to ride one, the loony.)

   Posted by Habib on 2007 03 05 at 10:51 PM • permalink



10. #4- Guzzi built a dustbin faired 500cc V8 in the ‘50s, very fast.

    Laverda built a 1000cc shaft-driven V6 in the late ‘70s, very fast but not really suitable for endurance racing (it’s designed class) as it used to snap titanium driveshafts at around the 10-12 hour mark. I took one for a spin on the Laverda test track at Breganze, and it’s possibly the most fun I’ve ever had with my clothes on- especially seeing as it was the only one still in running order, and worth over US$100,000 back then.

    Posted by Habib on 2007 03 05 at 10:56 PM • permalink



11. I can’t dl any of the videos, for some reason, but if we’re talking about “RC-airplane-type” engines, one of my more idiotic friends (from back in the days when we were ALL using drugs) had a V-4 engine, which would fit into the palm of your hand, set up on a stand on his workbench with the correct propellor and all, which he would use as a cooling fan for his brazing/welding projects….

    Posted by Challeron on 2007 03 06 at 12:15 AM • permalink



12. Then there’s this fine company who make 1/4 scale big blocks, and even T Buckets and an AC Cobra (be sure to check out the video). Just the ticket for your junior Carbon Creators- imagine smoking the neighbourhood hippie-nates on their Schwinns as they ride door-to-door selling Al Gore carbon credits. No throwing empty beer bottles at them until you’re 18 though.

    Posted by Habib on 2007 03 06 at 01:57 AM • permalink



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